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Superintendent Glover: state aid flat, enrollment down and new graduation, phone and AI rules ahead
Summary
In the board's monthly update Superintendent Glover said state aid looks likely to be flat or reduced, reported an enrollment dip and reviewed district priorities including required cell-phone and artificial-intelligence policies and new graduation credential requirements.
Superintendent Glover told the Hillside Board of Education during the monthly report that the district faces budget pressure from likely flat or reduced state aid and from a small enrollment decline.
"State aid this year is going to be flat funded," Glover said, and warned that rising costs for salaries and transportation will force the district to "evaluate our partnerships, vendors, and non-instructional resources." He said the district's overall free-and-reduced-lunch rate is about 72'73 percent and that elementary lunch application completion is around 80 percent.
Glover reported enrollment is down "by approximately 41…
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